uttering-joyous-leaves:

utopians:

stepped on a plum (overripe plum) (barefoot) it was on the driveway got out of the car and accidentally (didn’t know it was there) stepped on the plum (warm) (on the ground) (it had fallen from the tree) barefoot (no shoes) wearing long pants (too long) (need to hem them) plum viscera got on them (the pants) unexpected plum on the driveway (hot plum) (97 degrees out) already super hungover (throwing up all morning) (should not have been driving at all) and I stepped out of the car (black car) (97 degrees out) and onto the plum (unexpected) (didn’t know the plum was there) and it burst (plum nightmare on my only good pair of sweatpants) still we find ways to keep ourselves going from day to day

happy one year anniversary to possibly the best plum poem since william carlos williams’ “this is just to say”

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polkadotmotmot:

Zoe Hawk - Hide and Seek, 2023

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notkatniss:

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How privileged you are, to be still passionately
clinging to what you love;
the forfeit of hope has not destroyed you.

- Louise Glück, 2004

How it hurts to hope,
How it hurts to hope for more,
How it hurts to hope the future will be better than before

- boygenius, 2023

as though it were the artist’s
duty to create
hope, but out of what? what?

- Louise Glück, 2004

ynks:

emperor undying, john gaius

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feelingofgaze:

“This is water.” - David Foster Wallace, 2005

“…for your part, you saw the water.” - Tamsyn Muir, 2020

I feel asleep in a river, I woke in a river,
of my mysterious
failure to die I can tell you
nothing, neither
who saved me nor for what cause —

Louise Glück, “Landscape,” from Averno, 2006

kurloz38:

hunter-rodrigez:

ranfanblog:

warriorofdune:

diaryofandnwoman:

May his memory be a blessing.

Willem Arondéus (22 August 1894 – 1 July 1943) was a Dutch artist and author who joined the Dutch anti-Nazi resistance movement during World War II. He participated in the bombing of the Amsterdam public records office to hinder the Nazi German effort to identify Dutch Jews and others wanted by the Gestapo. Arondéus was caught and executed soon after his arrest. Yad Vashem recognized Arondéus as Righteous Among the Nations.

Their attack, which took place on 27 March 1943, was partially successful, and they managed to destroy 800,000 identity cards, and retrieve 600 blank cards and 50,000 guilders. The building was blown up and no one was caught on the night of the attack. However, due to an unknown betrayer, Arondéus was arrested on 1 April 1943. Arondéus refused to give up the rest of his team.

Arondéus was openly gay before the war and defiantly asserted his sexuality before his execution. His final words were:

“Tell the people that homosexuals are not by definition weak.”

From Wikipedia

He was also a pretty great artist

Reblog to include his artwork!

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amidst it all, amidst all of it, boygenius released a new EP today and Julien says the last few lines of the last song were inspired by José Esteban Muñoz’s Cruising Utopia:

The force of our impact, the fission

The hum of our contact, the sound of our collisions

1. skip the exit to our old street and go home / go home alone
2. you think you’re a good person because you won’t punch me in the stomach
3. my father before me, his mother before him
4. there is something about you that I will always recognize
5. cried at yr show with the teenagers
6. so would you teach me I’m the villain, aren’t I? / aren’t I the one constantly repentin’ for a difficult mind? / push me down into the water like a sinner, hold me under / and I’ll never come up again
7. I don’t know why I am the way I am
8. I can’t hide from you like I hide from myself
9. an incantation like an anti-curse / or even a blessing
10. I’m swimmin’ back / you say you don’t have to make it bad / just ‘cause you know how
11. I remember who I am when I’m with you
12. Solomon had a point when he wrote Ecclesiastes / if nothing can be known, then stupidity is holy
13. you’ve never done me wrong, except for that one time / that we don’t talk about / because it doesn’t matter anymore / who won the fight / I don’t know, we’re not keeping score.
14. always an angel, never a god
15. I wanna be happy
16. I’m ready to walk into my room without lookin’ for you
17. you made me feel like an equal, but I’m better than you and you should know that by now
18. I wanna hear one song without thinking of you
19. it would only take the energy to fix it
20. I never thought you’d happen to me
21. tried to be a halfway decent friend /wound up a bad comedian
22. there’s something in the static / I think I’ve been having revelations

straightboyfriend:

screenshots of despair

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I recently made a Tumblr for my novel-in-progress because why not? https://sneakyteeth.tumblr.com/

silver-trumpets:

boykeats:

September Affirmation (Don’t Be Afraid) by Keaton St. James

[ID:

The leaves are changing
from emerald to gold and I’m changing for the better!
I’m changing for the better!
I’m changing for the better!
I’m changing for the better!
I’m changing for the better!
I’m changing for the better!
I’m changing for the better!
I’m changing for the better!
I’m changing for the better!
I’m changing for the better!
I’m changing for the better! I have to believe
that I will

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